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One of Microsoft's Best-Kept Secrets - Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS)
 I've talked some about the sweet support for node and PHP in Azure. You can also File | New | Node.js express application in WebMatrix, or run WordPress and get intellisense as well."I installed...
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Cross-Platform Portable Class Libraries with .NET are Happening
Portable Class Libraries are the Happy Little Feature that Could. They've been chugging along, doing their thing, and it's getting to the point where they are going to pop. That's pop in a good way. If...
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Hanselman's Newsletter of Wonderful Things: June 4th, 2013
I have a "whenever I get around to doing it"Newsletter of Wonderful Things. Why a newsletter? I dunno. It seems more personal somehow. Fight me. You can view all the previous newsletters here. You can...
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Making a better, somewhat prettier, but definitely more functional Windows...
 I've blogged before, in fact in 2004, (!) that Windows is missing the text mode boat. There is a massive opportunity for a great, nay, awesome and pretty, command line on Windows. If someone cracks...
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If you're not using Glimpse with ASP.NET for debugging and profiling, you're...
I've blogged about Glimpse since the day I first saw it at Mix 2011's open source fest. It's popular, but frankly, Glimpse is so useful more people need to know about it. From within your ASP.NET...
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The impact of a compliment
This is the beginning of a great compliment. Here, the President is speaking about the Attorney General of California:You have to be careful to, first of all, say she is brilliant and she is dedicated...
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Choosing the right Portable Power Phone/Tablet/Gadget Battery Charger
I travel a lot and I've talked about the importance of having power while on the go. I carry a small Four Outlet Mini Power Strip, for example, as well as an all-in-one travel plug adapter. I like...
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Initial Impressions - Intel Haswell 4th Generation Developer Prototype Ultrabook
I've reviewed Intel Ultrabooks before that were sent by the software development team at Intel. I review them from a software developer's point of view, so I'm pretty hard on laptops. I want them to be...
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Download Visual Studio 2013 while your feedback still matters
Lots of stuff is happening at MSFT right now. Windows 8.1 is around the corner (did you download the 8.1 Preview?) and development is still happening on Visual Studio 2013. UPDATE: Don't like the Light...
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Do you have a digital or social media will? Who will maintain your life...
As we continue to pour our few remaining keystrokes into walled gardens we should be asking ourselves - who controls our content? You don't want all your words to be wasted so I hope you own your own...
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A rich new JavaScript code editor spreading to several Microsoft web sites
I noticed yesterday that some C#, JavaScript and CSS files I had sitting in SkyDrive were suddenly editable. Not just editable, but there's also autocompletion of strings (not quite intellisense, as...
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Download Windows Live Writer 2012
Why is this blog post called "Download Windows Live Writer 2012?" Because that's all I wanted to do. I love Live Writer. If you love it too, put a note in the comments and maybe the team will notice,...
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Hanselman's Newsletter of Wonderful Things: July 2nd, 2013
I have a "whenever I get around to doing it"Newsletter of Wonderful Things. Why a newsletter? I dunno. It seems more personal somehow. Fight me. You can view all the previous newsletters here. You can...
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Add Social Sharing Links to your Blog without widget JavaScript
I'm always trying to tidy up my blog layout and remove 'noise' but every time I try to remove those social sharing buttons for Twitter and Facebook I get a barrage of email asking me to put them back....
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Review: The Blackberry Z10 - In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
I've been hating my iPhone lately and I've got a love-hate relationship with my Lumia 920 so my buddy at AT&T loaned me a Blackberry Z10 for a month to try out. This is the same buddy who loaned me...
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Penny Pinching in the Cloud: When do Azure Websites make sense?
I had a great conversation on Twitter with Frans Bouma about pricing where he asked a number of questions that weren't easily answered in 140 characters. The pricing for these things isn't clear or...
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Saving and Retrieving Browser (and other) Passwords
The security balance is always user convenience vs. absolute security. You want security? Disconnect your computer from the internet. Don't save your passwords. Use multi-factor authentication. But...
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Over 400 Virtual Machine Images of open source software stacks in the VM...
When you want to make a new Virtual Machine from the Azure Portal, from the menu you "Create New | Virtual Machine" and you'll see the default images alongside images you have uploaded or created...
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Leap Motion: Amazing, Revolutionary, Useless
I desperately want it to work, don't you? Just like Minority Report. You wave your hands and your computer interface moves effortlessly. Frankly, let's forget all that. I'll lower my expectations WAY...
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Recent JavaScript Jabber Podcast - Microsoft, not Microsoft, and the Web
I was a guest recently on a podcast called JavaScript Jabber. I enjoy checking out other folks' podcasts and how they run things. I actually talked to the guys about sound quality for about 30 min...
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